This looks like a highly provocative and paradoxical title, and so it is. What we present here is an outworking of Ofer Zur’s article (2006), The Pathology of Victimhood. Nigel Pocock Zur argues that the tendency to ignore the psychology of victims arises from a fear of […]
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Indigenous Yukpa leader in danger
At only 20-years-old she has lived through situations that others will never have to experience. She has seen her father and grandfather brutally murdered, yet she continues to fight for her people regardless of the threats against her. Benjamin Serra Zenaida Romero has become the new Yukpa leader […]
Shaker Aamer and his nightmare in Guantanamo
Imprisoned on 14th February 2002 and, since then, he has been tortured and subjected to long periods of isolation. This is the nightmare of a man in this concentration camp. . At the beginning of the 20th century, the United States installed this base in Cuba, which was equipped as […]
The unpunished corruption in Peru
Of Peru’s various presidents during the last 30 years, one is currently serving a prison sentence for corruption and two more are under investigation accused of the same. Only two former leaders, now deceased, are regarded as true examples of honesty. Manuel Robles Sosa Only the former leaders, Fernando Belaúnde […]
Sexism in the workplace: an unequal society
Kayla Harrison, US judo star, is an example of a woman overcoming stereotypes and discrimination in society. . In the last Olympics Games in London, she won the gold medal but she also faced a dark past. She was the victim of sexual abuse by her coach, something that has […]